I was listening to the lastest episode of .NET Rocks when I was subjected to Carl Franklin go into one of his "episodes." It typically goes like this:
1. VB developers get no respect.
2. VB can do everything C# can do.
3. VB is so cool now.
4. Granted VB6 sucked, and everyone should be moving to VB.NET anyway
5. Except for those developers who only know VB6 and never wanted to be developers in the first place.
6. VB is so cool now.
The main problem is that as soon as you talk about VB developer culture, people start jumping out of the wood work screeming "Thats not me--that isn't who I am--I dont do that--I write VB and I rock!!!" Did COBAL and FORTRAN programmers go through these growing pains?
Good Lord people, please stop blathering the blaintantly obvious and mayby we can have a real debate. So far we have made it to: "VB can do everything C# can do!" Sorry, call me a heritic, but that is not a compelling reason for me to switch from C# to VB.NET. Heck, that isn't even a compelling argument for me to switch from ANY other language. I remember my father stopping the car for the sole purpose of beating the living tar out of me and my sister for the same intillectually stimulating arugments. You know the ones, they sounded like this: "Are too! ", "Am not!", "Are too!".
Give me some stats, give me multiple arguments, give me something to sink my teeth into. Otherwise, please shut up! Frankly, I don't care what .NET language you use, and right now you are waisting oxigen and my time.
In the grand scheme if things, what language you use the THE most piddly thing you can talk about to a fellow .NET developer. Wake up and smell the framework (remember kids, that is why we are here in the first place). Work on you ego with your therapist.
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